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NICHOLSON v. THOM

No. COA13-1053.

763 S.E.2d 772 (2014)

Stephen C. NICHOLSON, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Geraldine Anne Nicholson, Plaintiff, v. Arleen Kaye THOM, M.D., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Comerford & Britt, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, by John A. Chilson and Clifford Britt , and Musselwhite, Musselwhite, Branch & Grantham, by James W. Musselwhite , for Plaintiff.

Yates McLamb and Weyher, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Dan McLamb and Andrew C. Buckner , for Defendant.1

STEPHENS, Judge.

Background

This case arises from claims of negligence and loss of consortium brought on 21 May 2008 by Plaintiff Stephen C. Nicholson, administrator of the estate of his wife Geraldine Anne Nicholson ("the decedent"). Prior to 28 June 2005, at the age of fifty-four, the decedent began experiencing heavy rectal bleeding. It was later discovered that she had a cancerous tumor in her rectum. Plaintiff's claims stem from a surgical procedure...

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